Man-Made Beach in Naperville, IL

We started off our day prepping for today's adventure. Uncle Al and Auntie Bridget were going to take us out to a man made beach in downtown Naperville, IL. We packed some sandwiches, water, powerades, and a strawberry-banana smoothie for the Chango. We got to the park around noon and the adventure began. 

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Uncle Al and Daddy broke the ice between the water and Caspian as they walked slowly into the water. 

 Auntie Bridget took over and eased Caspian into the pool/beach

 

Caspian's squinty eyes

She's such a proud Auntie, Caspian wasn't too happy about pictures but as a Mommy I knew that even this expression would be one I'll look back at in ten years and say "AWWW he's so cute"

I love this Guy! He finally got me to wear my bathing suit in public. 

My handsome husband came to get me into the water and got me to wear my TWO PIECE!! oh gosh! We shared a turkey and cheese on potato bread sandwich. Then everyone took a break and we had a nice lunch on the grass.

He was so focused on the people he didn't even look at his sandwich while he ate.

Maxing, Relaxing, acting all cool! 

Drinking his Smoothie

Caspian insisted on dumping the sand into the water, we thought it was cute :P

Building our first Sandcastle

Finally we took him over to the sand to play. 

A moat for our castle

Almost done with our moat

Our Castle is beautiful! Lol

 Grandma Mary and Ampa did not make it to the beach because they were taking way too long. But they made it to the BBQ afterwards. We had spicy brats, corn on the cob and hot dogs, yum! Grandma Mary took Caspian out on a nice stroll before dinner..

Grandma Mary taking Caspian out for a walk 

Ampa <3

Playing Hide and Seek with Gus

Gus says "meow"

Watching TV

Our family

Auntie Bridget or "Nani"

We all had such a great day at the Beach in Naperville today!! The BBQ was delicious too.. Then the universe shifted..